Bill Text: TX HB2560 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a debris management plan and training.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-10 - Left pending in committee [HB2560 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2560-Introduced.html
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| By: Bailes | H.B. No. 2560 | |
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| relating to a debris management plan and training. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.054. CATASTROPHIC DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN AND | ||
| TRAINING. (a) The division, in consultation with the Texas A&M | ||
| AgriLife Extension Service, shall develop a catastrophic debris | ||
| management plan and model guide for use by political subdivisions | ||
| in the event of a disaster. | ||
| (b) The plan must: | ||
| (1) provide a guide for clearance and disposal of | ||
| debris caused by a disaster, including information on preparing for | ||
| debris removal before a disaster; and | ||
| (2) include: | ||
| (A) provisions for the use of trench burners and | ||
| air curtain incinerators of vegetative debris, including | ||
| identifying sources of equipment for use immediately following a | ||
| disaster; and | ||
| (B) procedures for: | ||
| (i) vegetative debris burning, including | ||
| the role of the Texas Department of Transportation in debris | ||
| removal; | ||
| (ii) the coordination of clearance and | ||
| disposal of debris; | ||
| (iii) obtaining equipment necessary for use | ||
| immediately following a disaster; and | ||
| (iv) the interaction between political | ||
| subdivisions and state and federal agencies. | ||
| (c) The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service shall | ||
| establish a training program for state agencies and political | ||
| subdivisions on the use of trench burners in debris removal. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
| Division of Emergency Management shall develop the catastrophic | ||
| debris management plan and model guide required by Section 418.054, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
